Dr Essai

Twenty-six years at Johns Hopkins University left me with profound regard for the human mind’s powers of comprehension. We

Letter No. 57: Includes charming crankiness, someone else’s essay reproduced in its entirety, a hummingbird, Beethoven, and phlox. I

Letter No. 56: Includes dense but luminous prose, at least one hard-to-pronounce name, and reference to the “oh wow” school

Includes mentions of a happy musician, a pissed-off musician, and a character with a pseudonym Elon Musk probably wants to

Includes repeated mention of Proust, plus a trampoline, lyrics used without credit from Stephen Stills, cave trolls, and Dune. Dr

May not be suitable for all ages. Includes graphic images of people engaging with print matter. I was a constant

Includes images of musicians, a street chef, and some complicated pants My preferred subjects, as a photographer, have been landscapes,

Includes some literary name-dropping, references to Shakers and weasels, and consideration of arteriosclerosis in turtles. The writing life has its

This was not supposed to be the next communiqué from my joggled mind. But an essay on politicians raising their

Includes used tires, Joe McGinnis, one mention of the autism spectrum, and a devil dog. I choose to live in